Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 78

PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5970 PINK GOLD Patek Philippe, Genève, movement No. 3047754, case No. 4274678, Ref. 5970 R. Sold November 9th, 2005. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, perpetual calendar, moon phases, tachometer and an 18K pink gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original wooden box, Certificate of Origin, setting pin and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, curved and fl uted lugs, transparent screwed-down case back, sapphire crystals. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold faceted baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 24 hours, the 30-minute register and the leap year, graduation for the days of the month, minute/seconds track and tachometer scale, outer 1/5th seconds track, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Pink gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 27-70/155, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 8 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.